The Square Deal Criticized in Senate Hearing
The St Louis Republic singles out the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee hearing on the Bach Townsend Railroad Bill as a railroading from a public square deal. It argues the committee serves railroad interests over the people, suppressing unfavorable testimony and shaping the rate debate to favor insiders.
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Senate
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
House
St. Louis Republic
Senate Committee
Gap
Canal Commission buys ships in open market
The Sacramento Union argues the Canal Commission’s purchase of ships and supplies in the open market exposes injustice in U S navigators laws. It contends higher prices paid by Americans versus foreigners undermine US carrying trade and threaten the flag’s dominance in maritime commerce.
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Sacramento Union
Canal Commission
United States
International Railway Congress Ends With Rate Conclusions
The seventh session of the International Railway Congress in Washington concluded with a unanimous call for tariffs based on commercial principles. It urged rates to be non-discriminatory and flexible to foster traffic growth, benefiting both the public and railroads, a topic debated after Roosevelt's remarks and Taft's freight rate address.
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Deery
International Railway Congress
Washington, D. C
Congress
Roosevelt
Taft
Freedom in Sight for Nevada and Harvard Economist
William Ripley professor of economics at Harvard testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington on Monday. He argued that current laws prevent discrimination between localities and commodities and urged giving the ICC state power to set rates. A 1000 pound native copper piece from Josephine County Oregon will illustrate mining at the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland, with the copper ore from the Golden Standard lodge yielding estimates of $15 per ounce gold and $22 in copper.
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Nevada
William Ripley
Harvard University
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Josephine County
Oregon
Portland
Golden Standard Lodge
Canal Commission Will Buy in Open Market for Panama Needs
The Isthmian Canal Commission in Washington on May 15 decided to source material and ships for the Panama Canal from world markets to secure lower costs. Secretary Taft supported the move despite expected protests from U.S. producers and shipowners, noting European prices and ship availability favor buying abroad. The decision aims to minimize costs, with European prices cited at substantially lower than domestic options and overseas vessels deliverable sooner.
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Europe
Wallace
New York
Colon
Panama Railroad Company
Taft
Commission
Congress
Elko Girl Elope s to Salt Lake for Boise Bridegroom
Sadie Henderson of Rowland Hall Salt Lake marries Clyde Rommel in Boise after elopement planned to avoid parental objection. Henderson family, prominent in Elko Nevada, learns of the match then offers welcome reception at the bride’s parents' home. The couple sought a license and were married by Rev. Benjamin Young after a hurried drive from Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake
Lochinvar
Clyde Rommel
Boise
Idaho
Sadie Henderson
Rowland Hall
L. O. Henderson
Elko
Nevada
The
Salt Lake Tribune
Miss Henderson
Miss Colburn
L. ©. Henderson
Henderson Banking Company
Carson City
Mr. Rammel
Henderson
Sadie
B. Henderson
Murderer Loses Reason and Kills in San Diego
A drink-crazed house cleaner in San Diego shot four people dead and wounded two others, one of whom, H. W. Chase, formerly of Reno, was a carpenter by trade. Chase, about 40, left a wife and two children. The assailant then killed himself.
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W. J. Sonson
Daughter born at Blue Eagle Nye County Nevada
At Blue Eagle Nye County Nevada on May 4 1905 a daughter was born to the wife of George H Sharp.
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Blue Eagle
Nye County
Nevada
George H. Sharp
Marriages and birth records from Ely and Imperial notices
In Ely Nevada on May 11, 1905, by Judge Van Volkenburg, A Hall and Mrs Elizabeth Shade wed. In Imperial San Diego California on May 3, 1908 Burt L Young of Silsbee California and Gerald Harcourt daughter of Dr J A Harcourt formerly of Eureka were noted.
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Ely
White Pine County
Nevada
van Volkenburg
A. Hall
Elizabeth Shade
Imperial
San Diego
Cal
Burt L Young
Silsbee
Gerald
Dlnn Harcourt
J. A. Harcourt
Eureka
California and national briefs span finance to education
Dividend notices from The Standard of New Jersey announce a 9 cent per share payout due June 18, contrasting with March 15 and last year’s 13. A UC Berkeley class faces degree hurdles from insufficient exam credits. Oklahoma tornadoes prompt alarm and cave digging reports. Adeline well No 2 in Kern County yields 2,500 barrels daily of near pure oil with little sand. Oregon funds Portland Fair. a rates and space dispute with Lewis and Clark. Stanford marks a library cornerstone funded by a $1,000,000 jewel endowment. A Jackson murder verdict condemns Dr. Staples for arsenic poisoning. accomplice Maud Hoxsie involved. Carson eyes a gas electricity rate fight. A poem translates from Verlaine, and a magazine piece questions productivity with a call to subscribe.
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University of California At Berkeley
Oklahoma
Sunset
Kern County
California
Oregon
Portland
Lewis and Clark Company
State Commission
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Cal
Stanford
Nevada State News Highlights From Winnemucca to Tonopah
Earthquake shocks felt across Mason and Smith valleys. Tonopah reports first blooming tree. telegraph arrives linking Tonopah to San Francisco. Lanier County tax case reversed. Southern Pacific appoints James Moore as agent at Battle Mountain. Reno youth William Kieffer killed by switch engine in Sparks. Manslaughter verdict in Reno case of Regan. Minnesota beet sugar makers eye Nevada for beet farming and factory. Verdi 87 year old Bartholomeus Lagamission hangs himself. depression blamed. Hazen saloonmen mostly arrested by U S authorities.
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Supreme Court
Lanier County
Nevada Central
James Moore
Virginia City
Southern Pacific Company
Battle Mountain
Lander County
Tonopah
Western Union Telegraph Company
San Francisco
William Kieffer
Reno
Sparks
Daniel Regan
Heas
Minnesota
Nevada
Bartholomeus Lagamission
Verdi
Verdi Lumber Company
Hazen
United
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Eureka Sentinel
Evert Aatordat
ER. A. Seililman
Weekly Sentinel
Bureka
Cummins
Iowa
Senate Committee On
West
Federal
Robbins
Armour Car Lines Company
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
South Atlantic
Robvins
Newman
Allan Sutherland
Parliament of Religions
Chicago
Italy
Mediterranean
John B. Dykes
Strand
London
Gladstone
McKinley
Sestines
Standard of Company of New Jersey
Aod
F. N. Staples
Jackson
Staples
Amador City
Maud Hoxsie
Mexico
Carson
Electric
Verlaine
Julia Edna Worthley
Everybody's
June Ross
Sentinel
State News
Winnemucca
Anassayer
Mason and
Smith Valleys
Grimman Agg
St Carson
San Joaquig
Edward J. Smith
St. Louis
NEW Today
Je Aiken
Phil Paroni
Boreky Nevade
Hloraes
Archal
Charles Bertini
Thomas Conners
Soha Alken
I’hil Paroni
Jons C. Artes
P. Panont
Boreks
Eureka Cash Store
J. B. Biale
North Main
Casi
Johnson Mercantile Co
Incor
Hiram Sohnson
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